Mexican industrial production grew at the highest annual pace in more than a year in February, as industry attempts to recover from a year of uncertainty and high inflation. Nevertheless, analysts saw the results, particularly for manufacturing, as disappointing.

Three out of every four people in Latin America have little or no confidence in national governments and about 80% believe corruption is widespread in public institutions, according to a report by the OECD, Eclac, Caf and the European Commission.